DIY Inverted Planter

Ben on June 23rd, 2008

Remember Mr Squiggle? “Upside down Miss Jane…”

If you’re not from Australia then maybe not.

Anyway, I saw a link the other day to an upside down tomato planting system. Being a commercial version it cost around $27 to get one delivered.

I thought that it was a great idea, but it looked like it would only last one season of growing due to it’s flimsy plastic design, I quickly forgot about the planter.

Yesterday I was browsing through Instructables.com and found there was a post on how to build your own Inverted Planter for next to no cost.

The idea of an inverted planter is that there is no need to tie your tomato plants to a trellis, as gravity holds them hanging down freely.

The following is taken from the commercial version’s website:

The Topsy Turvy™ Tomato Planter works in a simple yet ingenious way. As the sun warms the plant like a greenhouse, the root system explodes and thrives inside the planter. Because the Topsy Turvy™ is upside down, water and nutrients pour directly from the root to the fruit, giving you up to 30 pounds of deliciously ripe tomatoes per plant!

Use your Topsy Turvy™ to grow deliciously ripe tomatoes for homemade sauces, sandwiches, salads and more without harmful pesticides or backbreaking work.

Now there are no claims made that this new planter system from Instructables will out perform many years worth of tried and tested in ground methods, but I thought it would be pretty cool to try, and something interesting to show friends when they come around. You can find the instructions at Instructables.com

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